Domaine de Chevalier

Specification

Producer

Domaine de Chevalier

Region

Bordeaux

Where

Léognan, Pessac-Léognan, Bordeaux

Classification

Cru Classé de Graves

Grapes

Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Petit Verdot

Vintage

2003

Case

12 x 75cl OWC

Held at

Wine Tunnels, London City Bond (in bond)

Code

DOMCHE0312X75

About this wine

The red Domaine de Chevalier is a classic Pessac-Léognan, led by Cabernet Sauvignon with Merlot and a little Petit Verdot. Elegant rather than heavy, it has fine tannins, red and black fruit and the smoky, earthy notes typical of the Graves. It ages well, usually needing ten years to show its best and lasting for decades in good vintages.

About Domaine de Chevalier

Domaine de Chevalier is in Léognan, in the Pessac-Léognan appellation, set in a clearing surrounded by pine and oak forest. It is classified in the Graves classification for both its red and white wines, and has been owned since 1983 by the Bernard family, with Olivier Bernard in charge.

The forest setting brings a cooler microclimate and a risk of frost, and the white grapes are picked in several passes through the vineyard. Chevalier is best known for one of the finest and longest-lived dry whites of Bordeaux, alongside a classic, elegant red.